Spain
Spain and Morocco Set to Resume Maritime Border Talks After Diplomatic Thaw
Spain is preparing to restart negotiations on the delimitation of maritime borders with Morocco . An inter-ministerial preparatory meeting will be held next Monday.
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Canary Islands
Morocco
Moroccan-Spanish Author's Debut Novel Tackles Youth Unemployment and Tourism in Canary Islands
Of Moroccan origin, Meryem El Mehdati has just published Supersaurus. In her book, the one who grew up in Puerto Rico in the Canary Islands denounces, among other things, discrimination against women, youth unemployment and hyper-tourism in the archipelago.
Spain
Canary Islands President to Visit Morocco, Aims to Revive Fuerteventura-Tarfaya Ferry Route
The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced on Wednesday that he will make a visit to Morocco after the summer season, accompanied by Canarian businessmen and politicians. The opportunity will be seized to negotiate the resumption of the maritime line between Fuerteventura and Tarfaya, closed since 2008.
Spain
Morocco Seeks Airspace Control Over Western Sahara in Talks with Spain
Spain and Morocco will soon try to find a solution to the problem of the delimitation of the Canary and Moroccan waters, but also of the waters of the Sahara. Rabat would like to offer contracts to Spanish wind power companies in exchange for control of the airspace of the Sahara, currently managed by Spain.
Spain
Spain Explores Maritime Link Between Canary Islands and Morocco Amid Improved Relations
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, underlined on Wednesday the advantages for the Canary Islands of the resumption of relations with Morocco, in particular the reduction of illegal immigration and the possibility of establishing maritime links.
Spain
Canary Islands Official Warns: Morocco's Territorial Ambitions May Extend Beyond Sahara
The vice president and Minister of the Treasury of the Canary Islands, Roman Rodriguez, reiterated the position of the Canarian government on the Sahara, namely the recognition of the right to self-determination, stressing that after the Sahara, Morocco will attack Ceuta and Melilla.
Morocco
Family Seeks Answers in 14-Year-Old Death of Moroccan Teen at Canary Islands Migrant Center
Youssef was a young man staying in a migrant center in the Canary Islands. He died 14 years ago after falling from a window and remaining in a coma for a year. His sister, Najat, is asking to clarify the circumstances of his death to determine whether it was an accident, suicide or murder.
Spain
Morocco and Spain to Negotiate Territorial Waters Dispute in Sahara Region
The working group in charge of delimiting the territorial waters between Morocco and Spain will meet in the coming days, in accordance with the agreement reached during Pedro Sanchez’s visit to Rabat on April 7. The issue of the waters of the Sahara remains unresolved.
Spain
Spain Seeks 'Common Space' with Morocco in Maritime Border Talks
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, assured on Tuesday that the working group on the delimitation of maritime waters between Spain and Morocco will "once and for all" settle this issue so that this maritime border becomes a "common space" and not a "space of confrontation".
Spain
Spain and Morocco to Resume Talks on Territorial Waters, Immigration
The President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced on Tuesday that the Spanish-Moroccan commission in charge of studying the delimitation of territorial waters will resume its work next week, assuring that the Canarian Executive will participate in these sessions which will also focus on immigration and infrastructure.
Spain
Spanish Experts Dispute Morocco's Claimed Oil Discovery Near Canary Islands
The Spanish Association of Oil Geologists and Geophysicists (AGGEP) assures that Morocco has not discovered oil deposits off Tarfaya, near the Canary Islands. According to it, it is "advertising" to attract investors in the hydrocarbon sector in Morocco.
Morocco
Morocco Discovers Major Oil Reserves Off Coast, Potential $100 Billion Windfall
Morocco could earn more than 100 billion euros, the equivalent of its current Gross Domestic Product (GDP), from oil exploration in Tarfaya, near the Canary Islands.